Book
Category
Books
Date
1814 - 1865
Materials
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3098277.1
Summary
Volume 1 of 'Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions' by Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) with a slip of paper with "a hymn for public worship" on it inside.
Bibliographic description
Provenance: Small armorial bookplate inside front cover: "Calke Abbey Library". Binder: Barker, Ashby. Binding: Nineteenth century half calf binding with red marbled paper boards.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of CTT in 1985 with an endowment provided by the NHMF.